{"id":269140,"date":"2026-04-28T02:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/269140\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T02:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T02:34:08","slug":"no-6-texas-tech-third-after-opening-day-at-big-12-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/269140\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 6 Texas Tech third after opening day at Big 12 Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HUTCHINSON, Kan. \u2014 No. 6 Texas Tech opened the Big 12 Men&#8217;s Golf Championship on Monday at Prairie Dunes Country Club and sits in third place after 36 holes of the 72-hole event.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Raiders were one of three teams to finish under par through the opening day, posting rounds of 2-over 282 and 3-under 277 to sit at 1-under 559. Texas Tech trails No. 5 Oklahoma State (-14) and No. 20 Arizona (-7) heading into Tuesday&#8217;s third round.<\/p>\n<p>After opening the day in sixth place following the first round, the Red Raiders responded with a strong second round to move into the top three.<\/p>\n<p>A trio of Red Raiders sit inside the top 20 individually, led by <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/tim-wiedemeyer\/14046\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14046\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Wiedemeyer<\/a>, who is tied for third at 4-under 136. The junior paced Texas Tech in the second round with a 4-under 66, highlighted by a bogey-free back nine that included two birdies and an eagle on the 531-yard par-5 17th hole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ben-gregg\/14043\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14043\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Gregg<\/a> is tied for 13th at 1-under 139 after rounds of 69 and 70, while <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/adam-bresnu\/14047\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14047\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Bresnu<\/a> is tied for 17th at even-par 140. Bresnu rebounded from an opening-round 73 with a 3-under 67 in the second round.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/connor-graham\/14042\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14042\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Graham<\/a> is tied for 38th at 4-over 144, while <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/brady-mchenry\/14049\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14049\" target=\"_blank\">Brady McHenry<\/a> is tied for 72nd at 13-over 153.<\/p>\n<p>The championship continues with 18-hole rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday. Play begins at 10 a.m. CDT Tuesday, with the final round scheduled for 8 a.m. CDT on Wednesday. The final round will be streamed on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p>Big 12 Men&#8217;s Golf Championship Team Leaderboard\u00a0(Rounds 1-2 Results)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n1. No. 5 Oklahoma State: 279-267=546 (-14)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n2. No. 20 Arizona: 281-272=553 (-7)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n3. No. 6 Texas Tech: 282-277=559 (-1)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n4. TCU: 281-280=561 (+1)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n5. No. 23 BYU: 280-282=562 (+2)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n6. UCF: 279-288=567 (+7)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n7. Baylor: 285-284=569 (+9)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-8. Iowa State: 292-283=575 (+15)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-8. Kansas: 289-286=575 (+15)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n10. No. 9 Arizona State: 290-286=576 (+16)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-11. Kansas State: 291-286=577 (+17)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-11. Utah: 292-285=577 (+17)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n12. Cincinnati: 287-292=579 (+19)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n14. Colorado: 293-287=580 (+20)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n15. Houston: 292-291=583 (+23)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n16. West Virginia: 298-287=585 (+25)<\/p>\n<p>Red Raiders in the Field (Rounds 1-2 Results)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-3. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/tim-wiedemeyer\/14046\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14046\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Wiedemeyer<\/a>: 70-66=136 (-4)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-13. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/ben-gregg\/14043\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14043\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Gregg<\/a>: 69-70=139 (-1)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-17. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/adam-bresnu\/14047\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14047\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Bresnu<\/a>: 73-67=140 (E)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-38. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/connor-graham\/14042\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14042\" target=\"_blank\">Connor Graham<\/a>: 70-74=144 (+4)<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nT-72. <a href=\"https:\/\/texastech.com\/sports\/mens-golf\/roster\/brady-mchenry\/14049\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"14049\" target=\"_blank\">Brady McHenry<\/a>: 74-79=153 (13)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TECH \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HUTCHINSON, Kan. \u2014 No. 6 Texas Tech opened the Big 12 Men&#8217;s Golf Championship on Monday at Prairie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269141,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-269140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}